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How an Invisible Microburst Brought Down Pan Am Flight 759 Just Seconds After Takeoff, Killing 153
On July 9, 1982, what should have been a routine domestic flight turned into one of the deadliest aviation disasters in Louisiana’s history. Pan American World Airways Flight 759, a Boeing 727-235 operating from Miami to Las Vegas with a scheduled stop in New Orleans, crashed moments after departing New Orleans International Airport (now Louis…
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The Deadly 35-Minute Flight That Ended in a Neighborhood After a Hidden Microburst Brought Down USAir Flight 1016, Claiming 37 Lives
On July 2, 1994, what began as a routine 35-minute domestic flight turned into one of the deadliest weather-related aviation disasters in U.S. history. USAir Flight 1016, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31, was operating a short scheduled service from Columbia, South Carolina, to Charlotte, North Carolina. The flight lasted barely half an hour, but in its…
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